Scary Zombie Makeup and Costume

I decided I wanted to be a zombie when I first started scrolling through Netflix then seeing one of the most popular shows out there; The Walking Dead. I started to watch one episode, then another, then another, I couldn’t stop. In about 2 weeks I watched all 3 seasons and now here I am patiently waiting for Sunday every week on AMC. Halloween was coming up and I decided that I had to be a zombie, no doubt.

I went to one of many stores in my little city ( there’s about 5 stores). I went to every single one looking for contacts and makeup. Finally I found the cheapest pair of eye contacts and already had my makeup ready. Everyday for about a month I practiced my makeup and scared my cat with it. The day before Halloween I thought to myself, ‘I forgot my outfit..’ I ran down to a thrift store and grabbed a long ugly collar shirt. I ripped it up, poured some blood on it and I was set. I saw so many zombies on the zombie walk. The zombies (in my opinion) sucked. I know, it’s rude but if you want to dress like a zombie then be one. I got liquid latex, brown and red makeup, a pint of fake blood, and contacts which cost about $60 in total.

This is how you do the makeup:

1) Apply liquid latex to skin

2) Put toilet paper on top of latex, apply latex, then another layer of toilet paper. Do this about 5 times.

3) Wait until the latex drys, then in the middle of the latex/ toilet paper rip open.

5) Inside this hole, put black around the edges and red in the middle. Blend in.

6) Apply fondation onto the toilet paper to match your skin

7) Pour blood into hole and let it drip.

This looks real. I remember trying to find my cat outside with the makeup on while a couple guys were walking by. They saw my face and freaked out thinking it was real. Then realized I was just standing there smiling at their reaction and finally figured it out it was fake. They laughed and walked away. I got so many similar reactions just like that. It was hilarious. As I walked to school on Halloween day, people honked their horns while driving by and yelled stuff that I couldn’t hear but I did see their faces smiling. Just to make things more creepier I put just one red contact in my right eye. This was probably the best costume I have ever put together.